titilar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tiˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tiˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tiˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ti‧lar

Verb

titilar (first-person singular present titilo, first-person singular preterite titilei, past participle titilado)

1. to tickle (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)

   Synonym: fazer cócegas

2. (figurative) to flatter; to compliment

   Synonym: elogiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titilar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	titilar
Personal	titilar	titilares	titilar	titilarmos	titilardes	titilarem
Gerund
	titilando
Past participle
Masculine	titilado			titilados
Feminine	titilada			titiladas
Indicative
Present	titilo	titilas	titila	titilamos	titilais	titilam
Imperfect	titilava	titilavas	titilava	titilávamos	titiláveis	titilavam
Preterite	titilei	titilaste	titilou	titilamos1, titilámos2	titilastes	titilaram
Pluperfect	titilara	titilaras	titilara	titiláramos	titiláreis	titilaram
Future	titilarei	titilarás	titilará	titilaremos	titilareis	titilarão
Conditional	titilaria	titilarias	titilaria	titilaríamos	titilaríeis	titilariam
Subjunctive
Present	titile	titiles	titile	titilemos	titileis	titilem
Imperfect	titilasse	titilasses	titilasse	titilássemos	titilásseis	titilassem
Future	titilar	titilares	titilar	titilarmos	titilardes	titilarem
Imperative
Affirmative		titila	titile	titilemos	titilai	titilem
Negative (não)		não titiles	não titile	não titilemos	não titileis	não titilem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /titiˈlaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪iˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧ti‧lar

Verb

titilar (first-person singular present titilo, first-person singular preterite titilé, past participle titilado)

1. (intransitive) to twinkle
2. (intransitive) to quiver

   Synonym: temblar

3. to titillate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			titilar
gerund			titilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		titilado		titilada
		plural		titilados		titiladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	titilo	titilastú titilásvos	titila	titilamos	titiláis	titilan
	imperfect	titilaba	titilabas	titilaba	titilábamos	titilabais	titilaban
	preterite	titilé	titilaste	titiló	titilamos	titilasteis	titilaron
	future	titilaré	titilarás	titilará	titilaremos	titilaréis	titilarán
	conditional	titilaría	titilarías	titilaría	titilaríamos	titilaríais	titilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	titile	titilestú titilésvos2	titile	titilemos	titiléis	titilen
	imperfect (ra)	titilara	titilaras	titilara	titiláramos	titilarais	titilaran
	imperfect (se)	titilase	titilases	titilase	titilásemos	titilaseis	titilasen
	future1	titilare	titilares	titilare	titiláremos	titilareis	titilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		titilatú titilávos	titile	titilemos	titilad	titilen
	negative		no titiles	no titile	no titilemos	no titiléis	no titilen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• titilación
• titilador
• titileo

 

Further reading

• “titilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28